Bayeux Tapestry
An embroidery nearly seventy metres long telling of the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
The embroidery was probably commissioned by Bishop Odo, half-brother of William the Conqueror, for Bayeux Cathedral. It is one of the most important pictorial sources of the Middle Ages, with ships, weapons and dress in detail. It is shown in its own museum in Bayeux.
Materials: Woollen yarn on linen
Manufacture: Embroidered, not woven: the figures outlined in stem stitch and filled with laid work in eight colours of wool.
The story in one long strip, with Latin texts as captions.
The borders above and below with animals, fables and the fallen of the battle.